Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Accenture, Darden Restaurants, home builders and more
In this article DRI CSA-FF SCS CRM KBH LEN Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNT watch now VIDEO 1:42 01:42 News Update – Pre-Markets News Briefing Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Accenture (ACN) – The consulting firm reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit and revenue, but gave a weaker-than-expected revenue forecast for the current quarter. Accenture pointed to IT spending cuts by corporate customers and a negative impact from the stronger dollar. Nonetheless, Accenture gained 1% in premarket trading. Darden Restaurants (DRI) – The parent of Olive Garden and other restaurant chains fell 2.5% in the premarket after reporting in-line quarter results. Darden's same-restaurant sales rose by 4.2%, short of the consensus FactSet estimate of 5.1%. Food and beverage costs also rose slightly more than expected. KB Home (KBH), Lennar (LEN) – KB Home and Lennar both reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings, but the home builders also post...